{"product_id":"what-readers-do-aesthetic-and-moral-practices-of-a-post-digital-age-hardcover","title":"What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShining a spotlight on everyday readers of the 21st century, Beth Driscoll explores how contemporary readers of Anglophone fiction interact with the book industry, digital environments, and each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in an era when book clubs, bibliomemoirs, Bookstagram and BookTok are as valuable to some readers as solitary reading moments. The product of nearly two decades of qualitative research into readers and reading culture, \u003ci\u003eWhat Readers Do\u003c\/i\u003e examines reading through three dimensions - aesthetic conduct, moral conduct, and self-care - to show how readers intertwine private and social behaviors, and both reinforce and oppose the structures of capitalism. Analyzing reading as a post-digital practice that is a synthesis of both print and digital modes and on- and offline behaviors, Driscoll presents a methodology for studying readers that connects book history, literary studies, sociology, and actor-network theory. Arguing for the vitality, agency, and creativity of readers, this book sheds light on how we read now - and on how much more readers do than just read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Driscoll \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her publications to date have engaged closely with contemporary book culture, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Literary Middlebrow: Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and over 20 book chapters and journal articles in venues including\u003ci\u003e Post45\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice, Qualitative Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAngelaki\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked on multiple collaborative research projects, the outcomes of which include \u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Book Fair and Bestseller Business\u003c\/i\u003e (with Claire Squires, 2020), \u003ci\u003eGenre Worlds: Popular Fiction and Twenty-First Century Book Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (with Kim Wilkins and Lisa Fletcher, 2022), and \u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with Claire Squires, 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773786456352,"sku":"9781350375147","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1252863c441034a8c733afae31bb125a_1319796d-f7cd-43cc-aae8-57f97814cde9.webp?v=1780432752","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-readers-do-aesthetic-and-moral-practices-of-a-post-digital-age-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}